Rim



0. H. JOBSKI.

RIM. l

APPLICATIGN FILED JULY 14, 1919.

1,407,545, Patented 2515.21, 1922.

y Nrrao sraras or'ro n. JoBsxI, or CLEVELAND. omo, assrGNoR ro THEsTANDARD raars COMPANY,

OF CLEVELAND, OHIO7 CORPORATION OF OHIO.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y Ptgntd Feb. 2L 1922n `Application 1ed July 14,v 1919. Serial No. 310,792.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be Vitknown that I, OTTO dossi, a citizen of the United States, and a resident 4of iGleveland, county of Cuyahoga, State 0f j, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rims, of which the lfollowing .is a specification. 'y Y ThisV invention relates to .vehicle wheel rims and moreparticularly tor rims of the so-calledquick ydetachable type in which the rim is provided with a split side ring lat one edge thereof and detachable therefrom so as to facilitater the removalfor replacing of a resilient tire upon the 1. rim.

One of the objects of the invention 1s to provide simple effective means for loclgg ing" a detachable` side'ringJupon the rim. Other objects of the yinvention and the features of novelty will be apparent from the following description, taken in'con'nectionwith the accor:ipanyingV drawlng, 'in

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Figure .1 isa fragmentary side'elevation of a vehicle wheel rim enibodyingmy inven-y 25 tioiia part of therrimvbeing broken iaway to` more clearly disclose thefstructure; Y. l

2 andnfjare fragmentary sidelel'e'- vations, similar 'to Fig.V 1, but shownig slightly` modified `,structures embodying my invention; and v Fig. 4 is a fragmentary cross-section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 11V indicates a vehicle wheel rim adapted to carry a resilient tire thereon, the body of the rim being depressed at one edge thereof to form a channel or groove 12 to receive a side ring 13 which is transversely split, as shown at 14, and is adapted to be expanded sufficiently to enable the radially inwardly extending web or base 15 thereon to be seated inthe channel 12. Adjacenteach end of the rim 11, transversely slotted lugs are provided which extend radially inwardly from the web or base 15 of the ring through apertures in the rim, and a latch member is pivotally attached to the body of the rim and adapted to be swung so that the ends will be disposedl in the slots in the lugsto lock the ring in seated position. I

In the modication shown in Fig. 1, the

Y lugs 16 and 17, which extend radially inwardly through Y apertures 18 and 19 in the rim, areV transversely slotted at 20 and 21, respectively, and their rear faces remote from the split 14'are preferably beveled inwardly and toward the end of the of the ring, as shown at 22 and 23. When the ring is mounted upon the rim, if the ring 1s not sufficiently contracted to permit the lugs to seat properly in ,their apertures,vby reason of the engagement of the beveled face 22 or 23 with the rim at the edge of the aperture, radially inward vpressure on the end of the ringwill cause the lug to ride inwardly into its aperture, thereby effecting complete contraction of the ring. The latch 24 is pivotally mounted on the rim by a rivet 25, or other suitable means, in such vmanner that the ends thereof will engage in theslots 2O and 2l to holdV the. lugs and the'loclring ring in seated position'.V The latch 24 may be conveniently formed of stock metall of uniform thickness, the body of the latch being deflected away from the rim between lits `pivot and its ends to form projections`26 and 27 which may be engaged by Ya hammer or screw driver, to facilitatemovernentofthe latch to and from locking position.

i In the modication shown in Fig. 2, the lugs 28 and 29 are identical in shapewith `thosefshown inFi'g. 1 and extend Vthrough aperturesrBO' and, 31 inthe rim.` and 4are locked in place therein by a latch 32, the ends of which, in one position of the latch,

'are disposed in the transversely extending slots 33 and 34 in the adjacent faces of the lugs. The latch 32 is similar to the latch 24 shown in Fig. 1 but is pivoted to the rim 11 adjacent one of its ends, and only one arm of the lever is provided `with the deiiected portion 35 to facilitate manipulation of the latch. An opening 36 may be formed in the radially defiec-ted portion to permit the insertion of a screw driver or other implement therein to further facilitate motion of the latch.

In the modification shown in Fig. 3, the lugs 37 and 38 on the web 15 of the locking ring 13 are formed similar in outline to the lugs shown in the modification illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and extend through openings 39 and 40 in the rim and are adapted to be locked therein. The rear face of the lug 37 is slotted as shown at 41 and the forward face of the lug 38 is slotted as shown at 42, to provide toes 43 and 44, respectively, on the lugs 37 and 38, which extend in the same circumferential direction. A latch 45 Y `oted to. said rim, the ends: of said lever, in

`one position thereof, interlocking with said lugsxto'hold said ring V'seated.position7 ispivotally supported on the rim by a rivet 46, or other suitable means, and is adapted vco-interlock with the toes 43 and 44 of the lugs 37 and 38, respectively, to Aholdtheflugs and the side ring in seated posi-tion. Thev latch 45 may be conveniently made of stock metal of uniform thickness bent upon itself as shown in the drawings,.the rivet 46 passing through the doubled portiongof the latch and the ends of the latch being disposed to enterthe slots 41 and 42 in the lugs. The body of the longer arm of the latch is deflected as shown at 47 to form an enlarged surface for engagementby a hammer or other manipulating means.

When it is desired to replace the side ring 13 uponthe rim, the lugatone end of the side ring is seated in its aperture and the ring: is progressively, seated around the cir? cumference oftherim. When the other end of the ring is properly seated fwith its lug extending through itsaperturethe latch 24, 32er 45 is swung to engage the ends thereof and the pivot of Vsaid lever andV one of said lugs being spaced sufficiently to permit the application `of oper-a ting `means" ther-ebe- 2. The combination of tire-carryingrim Vhaving a circumferential groove therein, a

split side ring having a part thereof seated in saidgroove and having lugs tliere'onextend'i ing-through saidrim, and alatch cooperating Withsaid rimand said lugs to lock said ring in seated position, saiddatch being of substantially uniform thicknessfthroughout and a portion thereof being deflected to form a projection vfor engagement by an operating tool. i

3. `The combination of a tire-:carrying having a crcumferential ,y groove therein, -a transversely split side ring having f av part thereof seated in saidv groove, and having lugs thereoniadjacent its ends extending through said rim, lsaid lugsliaving. toespro@V jecting therefrom, inthe samei direction circumferentially, ,and means carried bysaifd i Limand interlockinglwtli said lugs.,toYholdY Y said ring inseatedf position,

4. The combination of agtire-carryinggrim having a circumferential groovej (therein, fa transversely 4split f side Vring having ALpart thereofgseated in said roovea"andfh'aving lugsY thereon adjacent .its ,'endsexteiiding jecting therefromV in the same direction ciricuniferentially, and a Y lever 4pivoted ,to said rim and comprising 'arms-extend-inglin, the

:same drection from y its pvot, thev` end so'f `735 said leverv interlockingWith saidlugs A said ring in seated postion. y ,A

In testimony Whereofl a'in'hiyf'signature, 

